
According to the Financial Times, which is always good for a laugh when it comes to financial shenanigans, the ECB’s staff committee has fired off a letter to none other than the formidable Christine Lagarde herself. The letter, penned by Carlos Bowles, the chair of the staff committee, reads more like a medieval scroll of grievances than a modern bureaucratic document. It lists “widespread complaints of favoritism, high burnout rates, and the vulnerability of many colleagues working under temporary contracts.” Sounds like a recipe for a staff party, doesn’t it? 🥂